OK, so as a dietitian I don’t exactly believe in “THE magic bullet,” but I do believe there are a lot of excellent foods in the arsenal available to us, and that arming ourselves with them will protect our health. And dairy is definitely one of them. READ MORE

Angelina Jolie revealing her double mastectomy has put breast cancer front and center in the news. Having the BRCA1 gene gave her an 87% chance that she would contract breast cancer at some point in her life. Given this, she made the personal decision to take this course of action. READ MORE

Summer is approaching, and with it comes a bounty of fruits and vegetables in all shapes, sizes and colors. It is a time that human herbivores relish. Grocery stores and farmers markets abound with examples of these colorful, mouthwatering plant foods there for the taking. Therefore, I thought this would be an appropriate time to blog about the vegetarian diet. READ MORE